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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)mail8.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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.\"
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.bp
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.sh 1 "Glossary"
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.pp
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This section contains the definitions of a few phrases
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peculiar to
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.i Mail .
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.ip "\fIalias\fP"
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An alternative name for a person or list of people.
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.ip "\fIflag\fP"
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An option, given on the command line of
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.i Mail ,
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prefaced with a \-. For example,
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.b \-f
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is a flag.
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.ip "\fIheader field\fP"
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At the beginning of a message, a line which contains information
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that is part of the structure of the message. Popular header fields
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include
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.i to ,
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.i cc ,
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and
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.i subject .
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.ip "\fImail\ \ \fP"
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A collection of messages. Often used in the phrase,
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.q "Have you read your mail?"
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.ip "\fImailbox\fP"
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The place where your mail is stored, typically in the directory
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/usr/spool/mail.
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.ip "\fImessage\fP"
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A single letter from someone, initially stored in your
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.i mailbox .
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.ip "\fImessage list\fP"
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A string used in
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.i Mail
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command mode to describe a sequence of messages.
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.ip "\fIoption\fP"
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A piece of special purpose information used to tailor
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.i Mail
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to your taste.
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Options are specified with the
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.b set
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command.
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